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In the meantime, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic 
Commission is being kept apprised of the progress of the U. S. 
surveys, and the United States has already declared this 
program to be one from which data will be made available for 
international exchange. Through the IOC, the United States 
has urged that other countries join us in carrying out these 
surveys, and plans are now being formulated for U. S.- 
Japanese cooperation on Ocean Surveys in the North Pacific. 
The Ocean Surveys Advisory Panel of the ICO will continue to 
press for international cooperation in this endeavor through 
the Panel's contribution to the backup material for and 
membership on U. S. Delegations to the Intergovernmental 
Oceanographic Commission. 
International cooperation is essential if the data for 
understanding the ocean are to be obtained efficiently. In 
addition, the by-products of this cooperation will include 
international standardization of analytical techniques, units 
of measurement, and measuring instruments. The United States 
through this cooperation will also have an opportunity to use 
Ocean Surveys as a means of assisting other caintries in the 
expansion of their oceanographic and fisheries capabilities. 
For long-range planning purposes, it is being assumed 
that the United States portion in any eventual cooperative 
international program of Ocean Surveys will be about 30 per 
cent, the amount comparable to our financial contribution to 
the United Nations and its various specialized agencies. 
